What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
DIOGENESThe only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
More Diogenes Quotes
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
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As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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I pissed on the man who called me a dog. why was he so surprised?
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less.
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When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, “And I sentenced them to stay at home.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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To one who asked what was the proper time for lunch, he said, “If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, when you can.”
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
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No man is hurt but by himself.
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Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
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The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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